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PRINTER TO THE SOCIETY 
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inCORPORSCOR?. 

Bradley Tyler Johnson, 
Edward White LeCompte, 
James Cephas Cresap, 
William Francis Cregar, 
John Richardson Dorsey, 
Francis Putnam Stevens, 
George Norbury Mackenzie. 



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0FFieGR3. 

President 

Bradley Tyler Johnson, 

i8 North Avenue, Baltimore. 

Vice-President 

Francis Henry Stockett, 

109 Prince George Street, Annapolis. 

Secretary 

John Richardson Dorsey, 

2422 N. Charles Street, Baltimore. 

Treasurer 

Francis Putnam Stevens, 

Bank of Baltimore Building, Baltimore. 

Registrar and Historian 

William Francis Cregar, 

67 Charles Street, Annapolis. 

Chaplain 

Rev. John Gottlieb M^rriS, b. D., 

406 N. Greene Street, Baltimore. 



DGLGG5CG5 CO Cf5G DAClOnSL §OCIGTY. 

Edward W. LeCompte, 
Cambridge. 

George A. Pearre, 
Cumberland. 

BOARD OF manaGGR^. 

James C. Cresap, 
Annapolis. 

James Howard, 
Baltimore. 

Charles Marshall, 
Baltimore. 

Daniel R. Randall, 
Annapolis. 

Henry Vanderford, 
Westminster. 



CONSTITUTION. 

Article I. 
The name of the Society shall be the 
Mary Imid Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution, organized 20th April, 1889. 

Article II. 
The purposes of the Society are to keep 
alive among ourselves and our descendants, 
and in the community, the patriotic spirit of 
the men who achieved American Independ- 
ence ; to collect and secure, for preservation 
and publication, the manuscript rolls, records, 
and other documents relating to the war of 
the Revolution ; and to promote social inter- 
course and fellowship among its members. 

Article III. 
Any male person shall be eligible for mem- 
bership in the Society who is above the age 
of twenty-one years, and is descended from 
a recognized patriot, who rendered material 
service to the cause of American Independ- 
ence, or from an ancestor who assisted in 



establishing the Independence of this country 
during the war of the Revolution, while act- 
ing as a military or naval officer, as a soldier or 
a sailor, or as an official in the service of any 
one of the thirteen original States or Colonies, 
or the United States or Colonies ; and no other 
person shall be eligible for membership. 

Article IV. 

The officers of the Society shall be a Presi- 
dent, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treas- 
urer, a Registrar and Historian, one Delegate 
at Large to the National Convention of the 
Society, an additional Delegate for each one 
hundred members or for a fraction thereof 
exceeding fifty, and a Board of Managers, 
consisting of these officers ex-officio, and five 
other members, who shall have power to fill 
such vacancies as may, from time to time, 
occur among their number. 

Article V. 

This Constitution shall be altered, amended 
or repealed only by a vote of three-fourths of 



the members of the Society present at a regu- 
lar meeting, or at a special meeting called for 
the purpose of such alteration, amendment or 
repeal, after five days' notice, in writing, 
shall have been given of such meeting. 



by-l:21WS. 

Section I. 

Members shall be elected as follows : Can- 
didates may send their names and documents, 
or other proofs of qualifications for member- 
ship, to the Secretary, and upon a favorable 
report from the Board of Managers, and after 
payment of the initiation fee and first annual 
dues, shall thereupon become members of the 
Society. 

Section II. 

The initiation fee shall be one dollar and the 
annual dues one dollar, or the payment at one 
time of twenty-five dollars shall constitute a 
life member, and the member so paying shall 
be exempt from the payment of annual dues. 

Section III. 
The Society shall hold an annual meeting 
on the 22d day of February, 1890, the anniver- 
sary of the birth of George Washington, and 
in each and every year thereafter, at which a 
general election of officers by ballot shall take 



place, except when such date shall fall on Sun- 
day, in which event the meeting shall be held 
on the following day. In such election, a ma- 
jority of the ballots given for any officer shall 
constitute a choice ; but if, on the first ballot, 
no person shall receive such majority, then a 
further balloting shall take place, in which a 
plurality of votes given for any officer shall 
determine the choice. 

Section IV. 
At all meetings of the Society, five mem- 
bers shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 
action of business. 

Section V. 
The President, or in his absence the Vice- 
President, or in his absence a Chairman pro 
tempore^ shall preside at all meetings of the 
Society. He shall preserve order, and shall 
decide all questions of order, subject to an 
appeal to the Society. 

Section VI. 
The Secretary shall conduct the general 
correspondence of the Society. He shall 



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notify all members of their election, and of 
such other matters as he may be directed 
by the Society. He shall have charge of the 
seal, certificate of incorporation, by-laws and 
records of the Society. He, together with the 
presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the 
Society. He shall, under the directions of 
the President or Vice-President, give due 
notice of the time and place of all meetings of 
the Society, and attend the same. He shall 
keep fair and accurate records of all the pro- 
ceedings and orders of the Society ; shall give 
notice to the several officers of all votes, 
orders, resolves, and proceedings of the So- 
ciety affecting them or appertaining to their 
respective duties, and shall perform such other 
duties as may be prescribed by the Constitu- 
tion or By-Laws of the National Society. 

Section VII. 
The Treasurer shall collect and keep the 
funds and securities of the Society. They 
shall be deposited in some bank or savings 
institute in this State, to the credit of the 
Maryland Society of the Sons of the American 



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Revolutioji, and shall be drawn thence on the 
check of the Treasurer, for the purposes of the 
Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay 
such sums only as may be ordered by the Soci- 
ety or by the Board of Managers. He shall 
keep a true account of his receipts and disburse- 
ments, and at each annual meeting shall render 
the same to the Society, when a committee 
shall be appointed to audit his accounts ; and 
shall perform such other duties as may be 
prescribed by the Constitution or By-Laws of 
the National Society. 

Section VIII. 

If, from the annual report of the Treasurer, 
there shall appear to be a balance against the 
Society, no appropriation of money shall be 
made for any object but the necessary current 
expenses of the Society, until such balance 
shall be paid. 

Section IX. 

The Registrar and Historian shall, if practi- 
cable, be a member of the Maryland Historical 
Society. He shall keep a roll of members, 
shall have the custody of all the proofs of 



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membership qualification, and all the historical 
and geographical papers, manuscript or other, 
of which the Society may become possessed ; 
he shall, under the direction of the Board of 
Managers, for adequate compensation, copy 
such similar documents as the owners thereof 
may not be willing to leave permanently in the 
keeping of the Society ; and shall perform 
such other duties as may be prescribed by 
the Constitution or By-Laws of the National 
Society. 

Section X. 
The Board of Managers shall have power 
to judge of the qualifications of the candi- 
dates for admission to the Society, and elect 
the same. They shall have charge of all 
special meetings of the Society, and shall, 
through the Secretary, call special meetings 
at any time, upon the written request of five 
members of the Society, and at such other 
times as they see fit. They shall recommend 
plans for promoting the objects of the Society, 
shall digest and prepare business, and shall 
authorize the disbursement and expenditure 



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of unappropriated money in the treasury for 
the payment of the current expenses of the 
Society. They shall generally superintend 
the interests of the Society and execute all 
such duties as may be committed to them by 
the Society. At each annual meeting of the 
Society they shall make a general report. At 
all meetings of the Board of Managers five or 
more shall be sufficient for the transaction of 
business. 

Section XI. 

Ayes and noes shall be called at any meet- 
ing of the Society upon the demand of five 
members. 

Section XII. 

No alteration of the By-Laws of the Society 
shall be made unless such alteration shall have 
been openly proposed at a previous meeting 
and entered in the minutes with the name of 
the member proposing the same, and shall be 
adopted by a majority of the members present 
at a meeting of the Society. 



MEMBERSHIP. 

Elected. Number. 

1889. Brewer, Brice B., Annapolis. i 

Grandson of Private Thomas Brewer, 
2d Maryland Regiment, Continental 
Line. 
1889. Brewer, Jackson, Annapolis, 2 

Grandson of Private Thomas Brewer, 
2d Maryland Regiment, Continental 
Line. 
1889. Brewer, Nicholas, Annapolis, 3 

Great-grandson of Private Robt. Davis, 
6th Maryland Regiment, Continental 
Line. 
1889. Brewer, Nicholas, Jr., New York. 4 

Great-great-grandson of Private Robt. 
Davis, 6th Maryland Regiment, Con- 
tinental Line. 
1889. Brewer, Richard H., ^««a/^//j'. 5 

Grandson of Private Thomas Brewer, 
2d Maryland Regiment, Continental 
Line. 
1889. Bruce, Webster, Cumberland. 6 

Great-grandson of Second Lieutenant 
Joseph Cresap, ist Battalion, Mary- 
land Rifles. 



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Elected. Number. 

1890. Chaille-Long, Charles. See Long. 46 
1889. CoNOVER, George W., {U. S. JVavy), 

Annapolis. 45 

Grandson of Trooper Thomas Con- 
over, Captain Benjamin Randolph's 
Cavalry. 
1889. Cregar, Wm. Francis, Annapolis. 7 

Great-great-grandson of Brevet Briga- 
dier-General Lewis Nicola, U. S. A., 
Colonel of the Invalid Corps, Conti- 
nental Army, an original member of 
the Pennsylvania Society of the Cin- 
cinnati. 
1889. Cresap, James C, {Lieutenant, U.S.N,), 

Annapolis. 8 

Grandson of Second Lieutenant Jos. 
Cresap, ist Battalion, Maryland 
Rifles. 
Great-great-grandson of Col. Thomas 
Cresap, of Frederick County, a del- 
egate to the Maryland Convention 
of 1775. 
1889. Day, Hermon Willard, Balti?nore. 9 

Great-grandson of Private Samuel Day, 

Virginia Militia. 
Great-great-grandson of Private Leon- 
ard Day, Virginia Militia. 



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Elected. Number. 

1889. Day, Willard Gibson, Baltimore. 10 

Grandson of Private Samuel Day, Vir- 
ginia Militia. 
Great-grandson of Private Leonard 
Day, Virginia Militia. 

1889. DoRSEY, Charles Howard, j5«/z'//«^r^. 11 

Great-grandson of Volunteer Levin 
Dorsey, who was killed near Vienna, 
Md., in a skirmish with the British. 

1890. Dorsey, James \a¥N\^, Dorchester Co. 51 

Grandson of Volunteer Levin Dorsey, 
who was killed near Vienna, Md., 
in a skirmish with the British. 

1889. Dorsey, John Richardson, Baltimore, 12 
Great-grandson of Volunteer Levin 
Dorsey, who was killed near Vienna, 
Md., in a skirmish with the British. 

1889. HoLLOWAY, Charles T., Baltimore. 40 

Grandson of Captain Sabrite Bowen, 
Maryland Line. 

1890. Hopkins, Sherburne G., Washington, 

D. C. 61 

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant 
Samuel Sherburne, New Hamp- 
shire Line, a participant in the bat- 
tle of Bunker Hill. 



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Elected. Number. 

1889. Howard, James, {Adjutant- General of 

Md.), Baltimore. 13 

Grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel Jno. 
Eager Howard, 2d Maryland Regi- 
ment, Continental Line. 
1889. Howard, John Eager, Baltimore. 14 

Grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel John 
Eager Howard, 2d Maryland Regi- 
ment, Continental Line. 

1889. Hughes, John Silver, Afinneapolis. 62 

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant 
John Hall Hughes, Captain Samuel 
Griffith's Company, Maryland Militia. 

1890. Jamar, Mitchell F., {^Lieutenants U. S. 

A.), Annapolis. 50 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Ford, 

Maryland Militia. 
Great-great-grandson of Captain 
Stephen Hyland, Maryland Militia. 
1889. Johnson, Bradley Tyler, Baltimore. 48 
Grandson of Colonel Baker Johnson, 

4th Maryland Regiment, 1776. 
Great-grandson of Major Nicholas 
Worthington, Maryland Militia, 1776. 
Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant- 
Colonel Robert Tyler, Maryland 
Militia, 1776. 



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Elected. Number. 

Great-great-grandson of Major George 
Murdock, Maryland Militia, 1776. 

1889. Kenly, Albert Clark, Baltimore. 15 

Grandson of Captain Gassaway Wat- 
kins, 5th Maryland Regiment, Conti- 
nental Line, sometime President of the 
Maryland Society of the Cincinnati. 

1889. Kramer, Rev. Samuel, Washhigton^D.C. 40 

Son of Private John Kramer, Conti- 
nental Army, who enlisted in Penn- 
sylvania. 

1890. Laird, Philip Dandridge, Rockville. 49 

Great-great-grandson of Robert Golds- 
borough, of Maryland, member of the 
Continental Congress. 

1889. LeCompte, Edward White, Caw(5Wi/^^. 16 

Grandson of Dr. Edward White, who 
took part in the battles of Trenton 
and Princeton as a member of a vol- 
unteer company raised by medical 
students in Philadelphia. 

1890. Lee, William, M. Z>., Baltimore, 57 

Great-grandson of Thomas Sim Lee, 
Governor of Maryland, 1779-82. 

1890. Long, Charles Chaill]e- New York. 46 
Great-grandson of Colonel Peter Chaille, 



19 

Elected, Number. 

Maryland Militia, member of the 
Maryland Convention of 1775. 

1890. Long, Littleton, Bath Beach^ L. I. 47 

Great-grandson of Col. Peter Chaille, 
Maryland Militia, member of the 
Maryland Convention of 1775. 

1889. Mackenzie, Geo. Norbury, Baltimore. 17 
Great-great-grandson of Colonel Wm. 
Williams, 12th Regiment, Connecti- 
cut Militia, Signer of the Declaration 
of Independence. 

1889. Magruder, John Randall, Annapolis. 18 

Great-grandson of Colonel John Ran- 
dall, Maryland Militia, Quartermaster 
to the Maryland forces during the war 
of the Revolution. 

1890. Marshall, Charles, Baltimore. 58 

Great-grandson of Colonel Thomas 
Marshall, 3d Virginia Regiment, Con- 
tinental Line. 
1889. Morris, Rev. John Gottlieb, D. D., 

Baltimore. 20 

Son of Surgeon John Morris, Con- 
tinental Army. An original mem- 
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati. 
1889. OwEHS, James W., A jina^o lis. 21 



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Elected. Number. 

Great-grandson of Private Jas. Owens, 
Maryland Line. 
1890. Pearre, George A., Ctwiberland. 53 

Great-grandson of Cornet Joseph Sim 
Smith, of Armand's Legion. 

1889. Porter, James Cornelius, Afinapolis. 22 

Great-grandson of Private Thomas 
Stockett Brewer, Maryland Line. 

1890. Porter, Theodoric, {Lietttejiant, U. S. 

JV.), Annapolis. ' 60 

Great-grandson of Captain David 

Porter, Continental Navy. 
1889. Randall, Alexander B., Annapolis. 37 
Grandson of Colonel John Randall, 

Maryland Militia, Quartermaster to 

the Maryland forces during the war 

of the Revolution. 
Great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel 

Rich. Taylor, 2d Virginia Infantry. 

1889. Randall, Daniel Richard, Annapolis. 23 
Grandson of Colonel John Randall, 
Maryland Militia, Quartermaster to 
the Maryland forces during the war 
of the Revolution. 
Great-grandson of Ensign Bryan Phil- 
pot, 8th Company,ist Battalion, Mary- 
land Militia. 



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Elected. Number. 

1889. Sellman, John Henry, Davidsonville. 24 
Grandson of Major Jonathan Sellman, 
Maryland Line, Continental Army, 
a member of the Maryland Society of 
the Cincinnati. 
1889. Sellman, Rich. Parran, Davidsonville. 25 
Grandson of Major Jonathan Sellman, 
Maryland Line, Continental Army, 
a member of the Maryland Society of 
the Cincinnati. 
1889. Simpson, Lloyd D., Baltimore. 39 

Grandson of Sergeant Rezin Simpson, 
6th Troop (Captain Vachel Howard), 
4th Regiment Light Dragoons (Col. 
Stephen Moylan). 

1889. Stevens, Francis Putnam, Baltimore. 41 

Great-grandson of Lieutenant Samuel 
Stevens, Captain Barron's Company, 
Massachusetts. 

1890. Stevens, Morris Putnam, Baltimore. 54 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. Samuel 
Stevens, Captain Barron's Company, 
Massachusetts. 
1890. Stevens, Saml. Augustus, Norfolk, Va. 55 
Great-grandson of Lieutenant Samuel 
Stevens, Captain Barron's Company, 
Massachusetts. 



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Elected. Number. 

1890. Stockbridge, Henry, Junior., M. C, 

Baltimore. 52 

Great-grandson of Private Eleazer 
Warner, wounded in December, 
1775, when engaged in the expe- 
dition against Quebec. 

1889. Stockett, Francis Henry, Annapolis. 28 
Grandson of Surgeon Thomas Noble 

Stockett, Maryland Line, Continental 

Army. 
Grandson of Major Jonathan Sellman, 

Maryland Line, Continental Army. 

1889- Stockett, Francis Henry, Junior, 

Annapolis. 29 

Great-grandson of Surgeon Thomas 
Noble Stockett, Maryland Line, 
Continental Army. 
Great-grandson of Major Jonathan 
Sellman, Maryland Line, Conti- 
nental Army. 

1889. Stockett, John Shaaff, Annapolis. 27 
Grandson of Surgeon Thomas Noble 
Stockett, Maryland Line, Continental 
Army. 

1889. Sweet, James Winslovv, Baltimore. 30 
Grandson of Sergeant Samuel Faxon, 



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Elected. Number. 

Captain Alden's Company, Carey's 
Regiment, Massachusetts Militia. 

1889. Taylor, Clifford, Baltimore. 44 

Great-grandson of Paymaster Jacob 
Brown, Maryland Line, Continental 
Army. 

1889. Vanderford, Henry, West7tiinster. 43 

Grandson of Private Charles Wrench 
Vanderford, Maryland Line. 

1890. Warfield, Edwin, Howard Co. 59 

Grandson of Captain Gassaway Wat- 
kins, 5th Maryland Regiment, Conti- 
nental Line, sometime President of 
the Maryland Society of the Cincin- 
nati. 
1889. Warfield, John, Baltimore. 31 

Grandson of Captain Gassaway Wat- 
kins, 5th Maryland Regiment, Conti- 
nental Line, sometime President of 
the Maryland Society of the Cincin- 
nati. 

1889. Warren, Rev. Benjamin C, Deal's 

Island. 38 

Great-grandson of Surgeon Nathaniel 
Luff, ist Battalion, Philadelphia 
(Colonel Morgan). 



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Elected. Number. 

Great-great-grandson of Caleb Luff, 
Provincial Legislature, Delaware. 

1889. Werntz, Robert Lincoln, {Assistant 

Engineer, U. S. N.), Annapolis. 32 

Great-great-grandson of Private John 
Schweiker, Continental Army, who 
enlisted in Pennsylvania. 

1890. Wilkinson, Ernest, {Eitsign, U. S. N.), 

Washington, D. C. 56 

Great-grandson of Colonel James 
Wilkinson, Continental Army, 
sometime Adjutant-General. 
1889. Williams, William F., Annapolis. 33 

Great-grandson of Private Thomas 
Stockett Brewer, Maryland Line. 
1889. Wilson, John J., Marriotsville. 34 

Great-grandson of Captain James Wil- 
son, Maryland Line. 
1889. Worthington, Joseph Muse, M. D., 

Antiapolis. 35 

Great-grandson of Major Nicholas 
Worthington, Maryland Militia, '76. 
1889. Wright, Benjamin Nicholson, Queen 

Anne's Co. 36 

Great-grandson of Commissary-Gen- 
eral Stephen Lowrey, New Jersey. 



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